I hope Pelosi doesn't fall for Trump's call for an formal impeachment vote.

[Baitball Blogger]

Not just for the obvious that he will get to delay the process with court challenges, but because he can claim that all the evidence they have collected prior to that vote is unusable.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. What?

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I edited for better understanding.

I don't put anything past Trump. Not at all.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Nancy Pelosi was born and raised "in politics"

with a father who was a mayor of a large east coast city (Baltimore) during a time when old-fashioned political machinations were a regular feature of every city. She knows how the game is played.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-pelosi-2013-3

(and consider whether you have EVER heard her given a juvenile nickname by Drumpf )

[Baitball Blogger]

14. I have been churning the brain cells looking for the perfect metaphor

for the way she played the impeachment hearing. Rope a dope isn't good enough. It has to be something that shows that when it is finally unleashed, it comes down like a Cat 5 hurricane.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. You are experiencing the first bands of the CAT 5 hurricane right now

with the complete meltdown being witnessed the past couple days - including behavior that will become additional impeachable offenses.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. +1

[Drahthaardogs]

30. I believe you mean "Nancy called down the lighting"

That's how my dad would say it

[WhiteTara]

23. But Nancy will fall for anything?

Is that the point? Those heels were made for walking and that's just what they'll do.

[Baitball Blogger]

24. Where did I say that Nancy will fall for anything?

She does have an anchor of pressure that she has to deal with because of the Democrats who are in red states. If they put demands on her, she may see things differently, than, let's say, we do.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Nah!! She's way too smart for that

[HubertHeaver]

3. Pelosi is not falling for anything.

[Claritie Pixie]

4. First - Impeachment is NOT a criminal trial.

Any attempt by him or the GOP to frame it that way is whistling in the wind.

Impeachment is a political process and the House has the "sole authority" to impeach, per the Constitution. No evidence of criminal
acts is required, there are no statutes outlining the conditions of Impeachment.

No amount of demands on how the House conducts Impeachment or threats of lawsuits can change that.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. +1

[captain queeg]

7. Those clowns are so over matched

I don’t watch FOX but I bet they’ve dropped that line about Trump playing 3D chess. The pack of them are like kids. Maybe not the Turtle; keep vigilant with that old crook

[3catwoman3]

15. They are not even playing checkers.

More like Whack a Mole - wildly swing at whatever pops up next.

[grumpyduck]

19. LOL

Yes, but they may also be wearing blinders.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. If a vote for just an inquiry is not required in the constitution

then he's got nothing

[Baitball Blogger]

9. +1

[Wounded Bear]

13. The Constitution says very little about process...

That's up to the House to "set it's own rules" per that same Constitution.

Madame Speaker knows what she's doing.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Works for me.

[CatWoman]

11. you haven't been paying attention

[Poeraria]

12. The Executive Branch cannot dictate to the Legislative Branch.

The Orange Dictator will have to suck it up, and get used to the idea of Co-Equal.

[Maru Kitteh]

32. Very well put, and WELCOME TO DU!!

[gratuitous]

16. Another Trump grandstanding stunt

It's worked before, when President Obama produced the "long form" birth certificate from the State of Hawai'i to prove he was an American citizen. When Elizabeth Warren produced her DNA analysis that proved she does indeed have Native American heritage. Will it work again, someone having to jump through a meaningless hoop to "prove" something that's irrelevant or already established?

In the end, it doesn't matter, as we have seen. If someone tells Trump to go suck an egg, their refusal to jump through his hoop is seized upon by Fox and the nitwit brigade. If someone does what Trump demands they do, Trump, Fox, and the nitwit brigade just keep renewing their meaningless, stupid charge as if there was some substance to it.

I think Pelosi should tell Trump to go suck an egg, but then expand on that answer and remind everyone that this is a ploy Trump has used before (cite Obama and Warren). Lay it out there to show that this isn't a "controversy," but Trump trying once again to dodge responsibility by making something out of nothing. The allegations against Joe Biden are the same thing.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. It has worked before. It's like a snowball effect.

If he keeps repeating the demand and FoxNews takes his side, it suddenly becomes a thing.

But I am good with the rebuttal that the House Speaker has the right to make her own rules.

[Joe941]

22. Its tRump politics. Pelosi won't fall for it.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Help Speaker Pelosi by educating the public

Just as any legislation a member of Congress wants to pass does not go directly to a vote there is no reason to expect an impeachment inquiry to require a vote before reviewing the facts and evidence.

Legislation has to go thru the appropriate Committee and hearings before it is even brought up for a vote.

No different really for an impeachment. It goes thru the Committee or Committees to review whether the facts and evidence are enough to draw up Articles of Impeachment. Once those Article of Impeachment are drawn up then there is a vote.

Am I wrong?

[Baitball Blogger]

27. We do need to help educate the public.

Because people are so ignorant about the law and procedure, people like Trump keep breaking ethical barriers.

[Sogo]

28. Sounds right to me. nt

[empedocles]

26. Hope no dems or supporters fall for a formal impeachment vote

[Bleacher Creature]

29. She responded to him (see the clip below)

Just substitute "dark" for "politics"

[klook]

31. Don't count on it.

She already schooled Kevin McCarthy, letting him know a vote on proceeding with an impeachment inquiry is not required by the Constitution.

When the time comes, there will be a vote on whether to impeach. In the meantime, Republicans are grasping for anything they can construe as "Dems in disarray."

[Sogo]

33. I was trying to figure out what...

..... such a vote would accomplish for Trump. The only thing I could come up with was that if it’s taken before all the evidence is out, it would go down strictly along party lines. Then he would start squawking, “See, it’s a total partisan witch hunt,” and then they would all run with that. It’s simply a maneuver to belittle the Democrats.

[MFM008]

34. Oh please

Pelosi runs circles around maggot.